Australia faces fight for survival

Australia will have to fight a rearguard action to save the second Test against India in Hyderabad, after losing early wickets late on day three.

At stumps, Australia was 2 for 74 in its second innings, still trailing by 192 runs with two days remaining.

Earlier, Australia's bowlers had hit back, as India lost 9 for 116 to be all out for 503.

Australia's openers David Warner and Ed Cowan made a solid start on a turning deck, with an opening partnership of 56 before Warner tried to sweep Ravichandran Ashwin and was bowled for 26.

Phil Hughes looked ill at ease against the spinners before he fell in similar fashion for a nine-ball duck, bowled by Ashwin on a mistimed sweep.

Cowan and number four Shane Watson survived until stumps, with Cowan not out on 26 and Watson unbeaten on 9 including a big six.

Ashwin's two wickets meant that nine of the 10 wickets to fall on day three were taken by spin.

India had resumed on 1 for 311, and the tourists struggled early to stop the partnership between Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara, which reached 370 runs before Glenn Maxwell made the breakthrough before lunch.

Vijay was the man to go, edging to Cowan at slip to depart for 167.

Pujara made his second career double century soon after, before falling to a Xavier Doherty catch off the bowling of James Pattinson for 204.

India was 3 for 400 at lunch, but the second session saw a stream of wickets fall, as Maxwell and Doherty took advantage of increasing turn and bounce.

The run started with an unusual dismissal for Sachin Tendulkar. Australia appealed for Tendulkar being caught behind by Matthew Wade off James Pattinson.

The series has no DRS referral system, but the umpires referred the call upstairs to check if the ball had carried to Wade.

The third umpire then checked the whole delivery and ruled that Tendulkar had edged the ball to the keeper. He departed for 7, and India was 4 for 404.

MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli then made 56 for the fifth wicket, before Dhoni was caught by Xavier Doherty off Maxwell for 44.

Ravindra Jadeja was next to fall, out for 10 to a brilliant caught and bowled by Maxwell.

The score was 6 for 484, and then Ashwin (1) , Harbhajan Singh (0) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (10) all fell to Doherty to end the Indian innings.

For Australia, Maxwell took 4 for 127, Doherty took 3 for 131, Pattinson took 2 for 80 and Peter Siddle had 1 for 92.